During the year, Margaret's Swedish troops began a siege of Axevalla House, located between Skara and Skövde, held by German mercenaries.

In Germany, King Albert had gathered troops accustomed to war and mounted, possibly a thousand men.

Once at Axevalla House, the king learned that a Danish force consisting of 1,500 men under the leadership of the Mecklenburger Henrik Parow had marched up Nissastigen.

[3] On February 24, 1389, the forces met between Mösseberg and a swamp, at Åsle church village about one Swedish mile east of Falköping.

By tradition, King Albrecht's loss is usually attributed to the German horsemen's horses sinking and getting stuck in the shallow ground.